Media (print and video) links for water related news in Cochise County and Arizona:
1) High Country News cover article on Riverview LLC: article starts on p30 (August 2021)
http://www.hcn.org/external_files/digitaledition/53-08.pdf
2) Good overview of the Willcox basin water situation from The Guardian (international press) (June 2021)
3) NYT Sunday magazine article: “The Water Wars of Arizona: Attracted by lax regulations, industrial agriculture has descended on a remote valley, depleting its aquifer—leaving many residents with no water at all.” (July 2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/magazine/the-water-wars-of-arizona.html
4) In 2019, NBC produced the documentary, “Draining Arizona: Mining For Water In The Desert Leaves Residents' Wells Dry,” which told similar stories of everyday people being wiped out once they no longer had access to well water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZwBSjBgMXg
5) Subsidence and fissures related articles: (summer 2021)
https://owlcation.com/stem/Geologic-Hazards-What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Earth-Fissures
6) AZ Central Article on Willcox Basin wells with good graphic (May 2021)
AZ Central Willcox Groundwater
7) Example of sustainable ranching practices: (July 2021)
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=daae94cc48&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-
8) Riverview Article: (January 2011)
https://www.agweek.com/business/3788533-riverview-way
9) Dairy industry article featuring Riverview (provides some background on Riverview business model and operations in the Midwest)(The Bullvine, April 2019):
10) Some perspective on how Riverview is viewed in their home states of Minnesota and South Dakota (where all the cows they raise here end up)(Sept 2019):
11)Arizona Public Media: Rethinking Groundwater Use in the Willcox Basin (April 2018) –video includes interviews with local farmers, politicians, and Riverview spokeswoman:
https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-nature/2018/4/23/128084-rethinking-groundwater-use-in-willcox/
12) University of Arizona study showing depth of potable groundwater supply is less than previously believed(Nov 2018)
https://news.arizona.edu/story/us-groundwater-peril-potable-supply-less-thought
13) Three part series of articles from Circle of Blue presenting an overview of Arizona’s current water issues (Cochise County figures prominently in the series, written by Keith Schneider) (Mar 2022)
Circle of Blue: Water in Arizona Part 1 of 3